Anyone use a Kid's Menu card?

cheapskate
on 7/31/16 9:12 am
RNY on 03/30/15

No. 

Cracker barrel lets anyone order off the kids menu, and I do. Otherwise I do ala carte, share with a kid, add something to hubby's or bring it home . 

We don't eat out often though. 

SkinnyScientist
on 8/1/16 5:51 am

My husband refers to Cracker Barrel as "Country Gourmet" since he can never remember its name.

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

Vicki PNW
on 7/31/16 11:21 am

Not at all.  Kids menus are full of simple carbs and not enough protein.

I order from seniors menus when available.  Senior menus have smaller servings but generally more protein and healthier choices.  Nobody has asked my age (started at age 50 before WLS, now 61).  Nor have I told anybody that I have had WLS.

Many adult menus now offer lighter servings in addition to full servings. 

Vicki

DS (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney. Cholecystectomy (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney 19 months post-op.

Has not weighed myself since 1/2010.  Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead.

karenp8
on 7/31/16 12:35 pm - Brighton, IL

Never used it. Most kids menus feature fatty things like hot dogs or fried things I'm not really interested in eating. I either share with hubby or if something else sounds good I take leftovers  home for lunch the next day (or 2).

   

       

G2GAWAY
on 7/31/16 10:24 pm
RNY on 05/16/15

I have never actually pulled out the card, but I have ordered a kids meal twice.  One time was a grilled chicken breast on the kids menu and another time was a kids size steak.  I have found that most restaurants accommodate any request, so I just tell them what I need and they always figure out a way to work it out.  We travel a lot and many times they will just add a shrimp skewer to another person's entree or serve me an appetizer portion.  Just ask the server for help in getting what you need.  Also, leftovers were good for me early on too, so that is always an option.  I just felt that I ate so little, I wanted something fresh and good each meal.  But my husband is always up for my leftovers.

Cory

5'7" Starting Weight: 305

Current Weight: 145

 

    

supershopper
on 8/1/16 4:38 am

If I am at a drive thru, I will order off kids menu. They don't care. If I am at a sit down restaurant, I order meat veg of the adult menu and take home the rest. I have at least one meal left of meat and 2-3 or more of veg.

 

I don't have the card. Sometimes I would just order a side of meat and a veg. Most restaurants are accommodating.

 

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

Valerie G.
on 8/1/16 5:07 am - Northwest Mountains, GA

Restaurants are under no obligation to honor these wls cards any more than they would if you were to just ask without disclosing your medical history to strangers.  

I've explained that I love good food, but have a tiny appetite, and ask for half portions.  Many places are glad to accommodate my request.  If there's a senior menu, like at Bob Evans, it's got much healthier options than a kids menu.

Another strategy not discussed yet is around buffets.  I do the same explanation and ask if I can pay by the pound instead of the flat price.  I did this my first years post op.  Today, 11+ years later, I pay full price, and get dibs and dabs of all kinds of things.

Valerie
DS 2005

There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes

sheriberi29
on 8/1/16 5:24 am - Cleveland, TN

Yes! I use mine and always ask chicken fingers to be grilled and fries subbed with green veg. I've never had an issue and always eat at a steak house for under $7

Banded 6/9/09 HW 242 LW 142 Revision 198 m 1 loss 16 lbs 182. M 2 loss 4 lbs 178. M3 loss 6 lbs 174.m4 loss 4 lbs 168. M5 gain 2 lbs 170. M6 loss 7 lbs 163 M7 loss 5 lbs 159 M8 loss 1 lb 158 M9 loss 0 M10 155 loss 3 M11 154 loss 1 M12 loss 2 152 M13 loss 3 149 M16, 17 0 loss M 18 loss 4 lbs 145 (18 months 53 lbs)

SkinnyScientist
on 8/1/16 5:49 am

I dont have a card, but I do order from the kids menu and explain that I have had bypass surgery.

You know what I do NOW! I LIE and tell the wait staff and I have DIABETES and I get to make all the substitutions/removals of bad carbs (like buns) that I want. I got a medical ID tag on my wrist (for asthma and peniciliin allergies if they were to flip it over) and they buy it hook line and sinker.

I got this bright idea after watching my diabetic husband get healthy salads instead of french fries swapped out with NO QUESTIONS asked. Me? The same restaurant, I got a bunch a bull about wanting to make a few adjustments.

So rather than argue, I just say "I am diabetic too and I NEED a salad instead of fries too!" 

Problem solved, no "food fights"

RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013; 

Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat

Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !  

Heather P.
on 8/1/16 10:02 am

I don't have a card, but nothing on the kid's menus are really healthy so I stick to the adult menus anyway.

 

Ht 5'7" HW 406, SW 361

RNY 3/28/16

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